Display stand



v 1. KUDNER.

DISPLAY STAND.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAR. 20, 1922.

Patentfi July 18, 1.922.

a series of individual pans or J'OSEPH KUDNEE, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

@FFICE.

DlSPLAY STAND.

Application filed March 20, 1922.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, JosnrH Kunsnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, borough of hllanhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Display Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to displayapparatus and has particular reference to stands or tables upon which various commodities in loose or bulk form may be exhibited to the best possible advantage.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide means for supporting in. a removable or interchangeable condition or position are held various commodities for display or exhibition purposes. I wish it to be under stood however that the invention is not to be restricted in its interpretation to any particular specific use or in connection with any special line of goods to be displayed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the inven tion is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view indicating the general nature of the improvement in practice.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the main upper portion of the stand.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing in full lines the relation of the top to the pedestal, as in Fig. l, and in dotted lines the folded position of the top. 7

deferring now more specifically to the drawings 10 indicates a base upon which is supported a pedestal 11, both of any suitable design or construction, the latter however having a head 12 having a transverse pivot hole 13' through which is fitted a clamping or pivot. bolt 14.

The top includes a plate 15 of any suit-- able form in outline but made preferably of wood or its equivalent and to which are secured a pair of brackets 16 forming bearings for the ends of the bolt 14: and through which. the top structure is pivotally and ad- .i peciiication of Letters Patent.

. made from a circular trays in which Serial No. 545,023.

S A com ed in any suitable manner upon the top of the plate 15 is a holder 18 made pret era'bly of sheet material and indicated as piece of metal but provrded from its periphery with aseries of slits 19 extending radially inward toward the center, thereby forming a series of pairs "of ears: which when turned up at right angles to the main portion of the holder constitute members to embrace the sides of and for holding a series of detachable and interchangeable pans or trays 20 of any suitable form or construction, the same however be mg shown as diamond shaped and six in number to fill the entire holder. As already suggested these trays are designed to be lled or supplied with various kinds of com-- modities for display purposes, ceries in a grocery store or candy in a candy store, and so on. Each tray may include a transparent cover or closure if desired.

The length of the trays radially of the holder 18 is greater than the radius of the holder. so that the outer end, of each tray pro ectssomewhat beyond the peripher'v of the holder. As indicated said outer end of the tray is pointed similarly to the inner end, but obviously the outer end might be otherwise formed and yet the operation would not be essentially different from that set forth herein. each tray are embraced by a pair of ears 18 adjacent to the mid portion of the tray and just outside of the center line thereof. so that the bulk of each tray is held directly upon the upper surface of the holder. The cars prevent the tray from slipping either such as grolaterally or outwardly. The inner ends or points of the trays are slipped beneath the fiat head of a center pin or screw Qlthe shank of which extends downward through the center of the holder and the center of the plate 15 and is adapted to impinge against the head 12 of the pedestal on one side of the vertical axis ofthe pedestalso as to limit the tilting of the top structure in one direction. I Said head however is so re duced at 12 on the other side of the pivot as to permit the top to swing over in the other direction int-0 a vertical plane, a very PatcntedJnIy18, 1922. i

g I 1n any other position than that. in which it is shown in Figs. 1' and 3.

As shown the sides of important consideration for storage puroses. The trays, as above premised, may be filled with any specified commodities that are to be displayed and being loose in their seats on the support or holder may easily be lifted off or interchanged at any time. In putting a tray into its place on the holder the inner end or 'point thereof is slipped beneath the head of the pin 21 so that the side corners or shoulder portions of the tray will slip downward between the ears 18.

I claim:

1. The herein described display stand comprising a holder, a pin in the central portion of the holder and having a head spaced from the holder for engaging a series of interchangeable trays and means at the periphery of the holder to engage and embrace the outer portions of the trays while the inner ends of the trays are located beneath the head of said pin. a

2. In a display stand, the combination of a pedestal, a top, means to connect the top to the upper portion of the pedestal, said to comprising a holder, a plate beneath the ho der and means includin a center screw for holding the plate and the holder together, said screw projecting beneaththe plate and serving as a positive stop to limit the tilting of the top in one direction.

3. In a display stand for a series of interchangeable commodity trays, a holder for said trays comprising a circular sheet of material slitted radially inward from its periphery between each two trays and having the peripheral portions of the sheet turned at right angles to the main portion JOSEPH KUDNER.

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